Embrace the Chaos

One Hundred Billion Dollars just rolls off the tongue. With the pending IPO of Facebook, people throw out millions and billions like its no big deal. We read and hear about it in entrepreneurial magazines, in the elevator, in the movies and of course when we hear politicians refer to the public debt of our [...]

I found this interesting interactive New York Times poll, on the outlook people have about jobs, the economy, next generation’s future, and people’s spending plans for next year.  I know I’m torturing myself by reading these things but I came upon it and found something remarkable and wanted to share. The interactive poll is a [...]

Sundays used to be more relaxing.  Not these days.  Turn on the TV, read a newspaper or listen to the radio, it seems that everywhere you turn, all you hear about is the economic problems we face as a country.  I’m getting so tired of all the negativity and pessimism.  From the debt ceiling debate [...]

As a kid I always had to work on the Fourth of July at my parent’s Dairy Queen because a lot of our employees happen to call out ‘sick’ and it was usually very busy. So I never got to see the Fourth fireworks back then. Nowadays, given that I no longer help out at [...]

We’ve always been a country full of optimists.  But over the last few years, as the rise of China and other emerging markets, it feels like we’ve been beat up.  Sure, we’re in a fragile economy and our governments both federal and local are in debt up to our eyeballs.  But I believe we are [...]